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Winter Storm Warning/Freezing Rain Advisory for Freezing Rain and Sleet is in effect for the entire Chicago area Monday.

Residents in the town of West Alton, Mo., were told Tuesday to evacuate after a levee reportedly failed along the Mississippi River during heavy rains across the state. In southeastern Illinois’ Shawneetown, residents were forced to flee before the OH wiped out the town,...

Almost 6,000 NYPD officers, some armed with radiation detectors, bomb dogs or rifles, will be assigned to Times Square for Thursday night’s New Year’s Eve festivities, officials announced Tuesday. In much of the city, the focus will be on fast responses to any...

Costa Rica stopped giving out transit visas to Cubans on December 18, arguing that it just couldn’t cope with any more migrants. (Guatemala had earlier rejected a proposal to fly them directly there.) Once they arrive to El Salvador, they will go through Guatemala and head...

Weddle is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2015 season and a return to play for the Chargers seems unlikely given the fractured nature of his relationship with the franchise.

Deaths from drug overdose has reached record high levels in 2014 with 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in America previous year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention latest report. The age-adjusted rate of deaths caused by opioids, including heroin and...

With two weeks remaining in the NFL regular season, just a handful of playoff spots remain up for grabs in the suddenly crowded middle of the American Football Conference.

Timbaland once teased everyone that he would release a never-before-heard song of the late singer, Aaliyah.

As oil prices fall to their lowest level in 11 years, the Saudi government yesterday announced a budget with the most cautious oil price in 10 years despite it facing the problem of the current decline and volatility in oil prices by reducing its dependence on oil revenues.

“When Tom Wolf issued a complete veto of the Republicans’ on-time budget last June, he needlessly plunged our school districts and non-profits into a six-month crisis”.

The Indianapolis Colts announced today that the team has signed free agent quarterbacks Josh Freeman and Ryan Lindley.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that each day, 46 people die from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the United States. For example, insurance companies might be able to provide information on overdoses to doctors, which could help them spot...

It reached an all-time high when Kardashian’s husband, ex-NBA star Lamar Odom, almost died from a drug overdose while binging at a Nevada brothel in October.

The Warriors improve to 29-1.

At time of the shooting, Rice was in a park, playing with an air gun he had borrowed from a friend. The Cleveland police initially investigated the case, then the county sheriff’s office conducted its own inquiry.